After 21 days and multiple votes on the Floor, the House of Representatives has elected Rep. Mike Johnson as the 56th Speaker of the House.  Rep. Johnson received 220 votes while Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries received 209. Speaker Johnson has indicated his intent to get the House back to work expeditiously with an immediate focus […]

The House Republican Conference has completed five rounds of balloting and Tom Emmer has emerged as the latest Speaker-designate.  A recap of the balloting is included below. The Conference must now decide when/whether to conduct a vote for electing the Speaker on the House floor.  This will depend upon Emmer’s ability to shore up those […]